Pulsed Laser Deposition (PLD) is applied to deposit thin (thickness typically 100 nm) films of Nd,Fe,,B. It is shown that films can be grown which have the desired composition and phase. Nd,Fe,,B grows with the c-axis along the film normal on (110) Al,O, single crystal substrates covered with a Ta layer. These films are found to have a strong magnetic anisotropy along this axis.

Pulsed Laser Deposition (PLD) is applied to deposit thin (thickness typically 100 nm) films of Nd,Fe,,B. It is shown that films can be grown which have the desired composition and phase. Nd,Fe,,B grows with the c-axis along the film normal on (110) Al,O, single crystal substrates covered with a Ta layer. These films are found to have a strong magnetic anisotropy along this axis.